Edin
Masculine
Edin is given to both — 1,286 boys and 99 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Edin is a Bosnian men's name, very widely used, and its origin is genuinely argued — an Arabic religious element, or the biblical Eden, or something else again.
How old is the name Edin?
Edin first appears in US birth records in 1977 — 48 years ago. The typical Edin alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,300 people named Edin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Edin most popular?
Edin peaked in 2012, reaching #2292 nationally. Today it ranks #3513, 1,221 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Edin
Ours, offered as ours. Bosnian naming has a distinctive layer: Ottoman rule brought Arabic and Turkish names, and Bosnian shortened and reshaped them into forms that exist nowhere else — Edin, Elvir, Denis, Adnan. Edin looks like the tail of one of the long compound names built on din, faith, cut loose and standing on its own. Whether that is what happened is not documented. What is clear is that the name is thoroughly Bosnian now, whatever it started as.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No settled derivation. One reading connects the name to the Arabic din, religion or faith, which closes many Bosnian Muslim names — Nurudin, Alaudin. Another takes it as a form of Eden, the Hebrew garden, from a word meaning delight. Neither is established.
Pronouncing Edin
EH-din
Two syllables, first stressed. Americans often say EE-din, following Eden.
Nicknames for Edin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1977
- Most boys named
- 201657 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2292reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +14.3%32 in 2025, from 28
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Edin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Edin in Bosnian — same name
- Din in Arabic — related form
- Eden in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, Virginia.
Edins among us
people named Edin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was named Edin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Edin
- #3513
- Edin on the 2025 chart
- #890
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Edin went to 32 boys in 2025, but Edyn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 38, which makes it the 890th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,623 places above the chart.
- Edin32
- Edyn6
About 1 boy in 44,949 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 53,377 for Edin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ramin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Edin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ramin climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ramin's path sketches the road Edin is walking now.
Edin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Edin is headed
Edin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Edin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Edin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Very widely used in Bosnia, so it has a real community that knows it exactly.
- Four letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Ed is available immediately as an entirely ordinary English short form.
- Eden is a near-homophone in American English and is now used mostly for girls.
- The first vowel is said differently in Bosnian and American English.
- The meaning is genuinely unsettled between two quite different readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Edins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Edin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Edin?
- Edin is the most-used spelling in US records — 32 of the 38 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Edyn.
- How popular is the name Edin in 2025?
- Edin ranks #3513 among US boy names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Edin?
- About 1 in every 53,377 US boys born in 2025 was named Edin — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Edin with classmates?
- Edin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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